Register for cash-receipts and the like.



H. BUCHANAN.

REGISTER FOR CASH RECEIPTS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1916.

1 ,221,670. Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

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CUSTQMER f 5 p H. BUCHANAN. REGISTER FOR CASH RECEIPTS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, I916.

Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

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REGISTER FOR CASH RECEIPTS AND THE LIKE. APPLlCATlON FILED NOV. 7, 1916.

1,221,670. Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

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REGISTER FOR CASH RECEIPTS AND THE LIKE.-

AFPLICATION FILED NOV- 7, I9I6- Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

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Q'NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HENRY BUCHANAN, OF SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND.

REGISTER FOR CASH-RECEIPTS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed November 7, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BUCHANAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 51 Brunswick street, Shefiield, Yorkshire, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registers for Cash-Receipts and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in portable autographic recorders which are intended to be carried by conductors or porters and others for giving receipts or the like to customers or others and for retaining records of the transactions within the apparatus, the latter being small and easily portable and capable of being inclosed in a leather or other case which may be suspended from the person for example in the manner of the usual porters receipt book.

In such apparatus as hitherto proposed one strip of paper, fed from a roll on the turning of a handle, has been printed automatically with fixed matter by means of a printing roller which in one instance has been provided with dating type.

In such known apparatus also another strip of paper is fed at right angles across the aforesaid strip, so that the two superposed strips appear beneath a slot to perinit of autographic entries being made on the upper strip, the entries being duplicated on the lower strip by means of an ink ribbon suitably passed between them; In these apparatus the record strip is wound into a roll, the other or receipt strip being passed out of the apparatus and being torn off and handed to the customer. I

One object of the present invention is to enable the apparatus to be made of a more convenient shape for handling and carriage, namely of a shallow and elongated form, preferablywith rounded ends, more closely resembling the usual receipt book so that it can be carried in the pocket as desired. This object is attained partly by arranging the paper supply rolls so that the strips can pass ofi parallel to one another as adopted in some cash till or counter autographic registers, and partly by arranging the supply rolls, rollers for printing fiXQCl matter, the autographic table with its manifold ribbon, printing mechanism for printing the changeable matter and cutting mechanism for severing the printing strips all sub- Specifieation of Letters Patent.

I Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

Serial No. 130,060.

stantially in consecutive order close behind one another.

Another object of the invention is to enable the printing of the changeable matter, date, porters number, consecutive number or. the like, to be printed in manifold, and this is accomplished by the provision of printing mechanism, separate from that used for printing the fixed matter, and arranged to print on the strips with the aid of a manifold ink ribbon.

A further object of the invention is to enable the strips, after they have received the autographic entries and have been printed, to be severed automatically, the severed por tion or check of the one strip being delivered through a slot for use by the customer and the other being delivered into a receptacle within the apparatus for record purposes. These last mentioned features are known generally in connection with counter registens or recorders and their adaptation to a portable apparatus is effected according to the invention by leading the strips through a partition adjacent to the delivery slot and to the receptacle and cutting them by a knife carried by the printing mechanism which prints the changeable data so that it is operated in conjunction therewith.

3 still further characteristic feature of the invention is that the feeding of the pa-- per strip or strips and of the preliminary printing, namely printing of the fixed matter, is effected during the beginning of each operative movement of the usual handle or crank, whereas the strip or strips are arrested during the remaining movement of the handle for the secondary printing to be effected in readiness for the next receipt as hereinafter explained.

Summarized, the apparatus comprises in combination within a casing convenient for carriagein the hand of means for feeding a strip or strips of paper between preliminary printing rollers to a table beneath a slot for autographic entries, and secondary printing mechanism adapted to print on the strip or strips while stationary on said table, and means for severing-the strip or strips, the arrangement being such that when more than one strip is used the secondary printing, as well as the autographic entries are effected in manifold. and the severed portions of the upper strip are delivered through a slot to the outside of the apparatus While the severed portions of the duplicate strip are fed. into a re eptacle.

One form of a? aratug according to the invention suitable for checking a carinans receipts is illustrated by way of example in the accompany 1 drawings Wherein Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a plan and side view of the apparatus.

Fig. 3 is a plan with the covers removed showing the internal mechanism some parts omitted. rig. -ii is a side elevation with some parts in ctirm, and the side of the casing reinov Fig. 5 is a side e the casing removed.

Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively an end elevation and a plan of the inlr ribbon mechanism.

Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively a sectional elevation and a plan on an enlarged scale showing details of the ink ribbon feeding mechanism.

Fig. 10 is a plan of the operating handle in. the po ition which it occupies at the end of an operative movement.

l1 SllOWS sample ticket printed by the apparatus.

l2 and 13 are detail views of one or the spindles and sleeves for holding the pa per rolls.

Figs. i i and 15 are detail views of one of the printing disks for the date and porters number.

The invention Will new be described in greater detail as applied to a suitable device for checking carmens receipts. An elongated ase with rounded ends has mounted Within it near one of the ends two paper rolls. The other end is used. as a receptacle or for containing a removable receptacle for internally delivered duplicate records, While the center part oi the case or the space intermediate of the paper rolls and the duplicate box is occupied by the operating mechanism.

The apparatus illustrated has an elongated casing a with rounded ends and two covers 5 and o hinged at (Z and 6 respectively, and overlapping one another slightly when closed andbeiug secured by a suitable loci: not shown. The casing may be of metal covered With leather or other suitable mate rial. Two rolls of paper 7 and g, are mounted on spindles 7t and i, in one end of the easing. the spindles being conveniently mounted in plates is, 7.2, Figs. 3, ianl 5. These plates are cut away so to fit correspond ingly shaped plates Z. Z. Fig. 5, carried by the cover which retain the spindles h, i, in position but 'iermit oi their ready removal for renewal of paper when the cov r 3), is opened. Spring pressed blocks 63 apply sufiicient friction to the spindles 2', it, to tension the paper rolls so as to avoid everrunning or acation with the side of The opposite end a of the casing may be used as a receptacle for the duplicate records but it is preferred to insert therein a removable lJOX ZOO .eitted with a lid. 201 slotted at 202 and hinged at The lid 201 is locked by any usual form of lock 1-. duplicate strip 79 is guided into the slot 202 by a slotted guide 203.

One function of the operating mechanism is to print on one of the strips of paper 0, 72, from the rolls 7, 9, suitable fined matter such as the name. address and business 01": the firm money coll, ns and other usual matter inserted on receipt forms, as indicated for example in Fig. 11. Another function of the mechanism to feed tae strips 0, ,7), through a guide r to a table 1, Figs. 4c and 6, opposite to a Window or opening 8, Figs. 1 and 4-, in the cover 6, whereby the porter can Write in handwriting the usual matter filled in on commercial receipt forms, such as, the names of the payer and the amount paid. The upper part oi the guide Q may be car 'ried by the cover Z), so that when this is opened the rollers 6 and z are exposed and initial threading oi the paper strip is facilid. The operating mechanism also includes a stamp which dates the receipt and duplicate, gives it a consecutive number and an identifying number for the porter While simultaneously with the operation 01" the stamp two slips of equal length are cut oil, one from the upper of the superposed strips 0, p, and one from the lower. The upper strip 0 is that which is handed to the payer strip 7) is delivered into the and the lower c uplicate box.

Having thus indicated generally the nature and arrangement of the apparatus, I shall now proceed to describe the operating mechanism in greater detail.

The operating mechanism is driven by means of a handle mounted on the main shaft 14 which is supported by plates 41, e, Figs. 3 and 4:. A toothed Wheel w which is plain on half of its circumference is mounted on the shaft u, and drives a pinion 00, Fig. 5, rotating on a pin m and driving a pinion i on the spindle y of a rubber or other feeding roller 2, which also acts as a platen. The printing cylinder 6 may have plain parts or flanges 6 for assisting the feeding of the paper, these parts co-acting with the roller 2. The pinion 00 has a plain portion 3 projecting on one side, and when this engages with the plain portion 2 of the Tll G wheel to, the feeding roll is held stationary, as the contact faces of the plain portions 2 and 3 are of corresponding shape which prevents thev pinion moving during this engagement as is well known in connection with intermittent gearing. The pinion w has a complete set of teeth as it meshes with the pinion 4. The pinion 4 drives apinion 7 on the spindle 5 of a printing cylinder 6. The spindle 5 is carried in adjustable bearings to enable the pressure of the printing cylinder 6 on the platen and feeding roller 2 to be varied. The bearings comprise blocks 41, Fig. 5, thrust down guide slots 42 under the action of pressure screws 43. The blocks 41 have projections 67 sliding in recesses in plates 68 screwed to the plates is, the plates 68 also having lugs 69 for the screws 43. An inking roll 9, Fig. 4, which may be of felt or other ink absorbent material is mounted on a spindle 8, the ends of which rest in recesses at the bottom of inclined slots 44, Fig. 5, and are held by spring catches 45 to permit of ready removal. Stop pins 70 prevent the spring catches 45 obstructing the slots 44 when the inking roller is removed. The plain portion 3 is on the side of the pinion a; so as not to foul the pinion 4, and the plain portion 2 of the wheel to is wide enough to engage therewith and in the example shown it occupies half the circumference of the wheel. The pinion a: is thus only rotated during half of each revolution of the wheel w. During this period the paper strips 0, p, are fed forward and the strip 0 is printed with the column lines, nameof firm and descriptive matter. During the next half revolution of the wheel to, the paper strips remain stationary under the window 8 ready for receiving the matter written by the porter and the matter printed by the numbering and dating apparatus. The numbering and dating apparatus may be of any suitable type. In the example shown there are three sets of printing disks,

a set 10 for the consecutive number of the receipt, a set 11 for the porters number and a set 12 for the date. The disks 11 and 12 are set by hand, each is preferably provided with an internal ratchet wheel 58, Figs. 14

and 15, the position and number of the teeth corresponding to those of the characters on the periphery of the disk. A small spring pressed detent 59 in a shaft 13 engages with the ratchet wheel so that the disk is held in proper position after adjustment or re-setting. The disks 10, 11, 12, are carried on a non-rotary shaft 13 adapted to rise and fall in slots or guides 14, 14, Fig. 4, in the plates o, 0), under the action of eccentrics 15, 15, mounted on the driving shaft u and working within holes in the plates 46, 46, through which the ends of the shaft 13 pass. The eccentrics 15 are so set in relation to the plain part of the driving wheel w that the Printing ks effect their operative movement while the plain part of this wheel passes the plain part of the pinion m, that is while the paper strips are stationary.

The printing by means of the disks is effected with the aid of an ink ribbon 16, Fig. 4, and when the carman writes the name of the consignee and amount of the money received on. the portion of paper strip below the window 8, a duplicate thereof is made on the strip below by means of an inking ribbon 17 A rubber or other pad 18 which may be fitted in a metal block 19 in the cover 6, offers the necessary resistance to the printing disks. The block 19 may be carried by the plates is if greater rigidity is required. The ink ribbons 16, 17, are fed to and from rollers 20,21, Fig. 6, over a guide roller 22 and also over other guide rollers 23, 24 and 25, Fig. 6, carried by a frame 26 pivoted at 27 so that it can be swung upwardly into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6 to permit'of access to the printing disks 11 and 12 when these have to be re-set. The disks 10 are advanced automatically on each operation in any well known manner common to numbering machines, for instance each disk has ratchet teeth 28, Fig. 4, at one side adapted to be engaged by a pawl 29 pivoted on a stationary pin 30, so that at each upward movement of the disks due to the cocentrics 15 the disk is rotated a sufiicient amount to bring the next number into position. This ratchet and pawl may be reversely arranged if desired so that the operation can be effected on each downward movement of the disks.

In order that the ribbons 16, 17 may be fed from one roller to the other 21 and vice versa, any suitable form of ink ribbon feed mechanism may be used. In the form shown the spindles of the rollers 20, 21, are respectively provided with ratchet wheels 47, 48, Fig. 8. Pawls 49, 50, are pivoted on a block 51, carried on a plate between guides 52. The plate 35 is raised by the shaft 13 together with the printing disks.

The pawls are connected by a spring 53. A small plunger 54 slides in a recess in the block 51 against the presence of a spring 55. The plunger has a nipple 53. which is adapted to enter either of two recesses 55, 56, in the plate 35 so as to lock the block thereto with sufficient firmness to enable the pawls to operate the ratchet wheels. \Vhen the nipple is in the recess 55, as shown in Fig. 8, the block 51 is carried up by the plate 35 at each printing operation and the pawl 50 engages with the ratchet wheel 48 and partly turns the same to wind the ribbons on to the roller 21, the pawl 50 pivoting and slipping over the ratchet teeth on the downward movement. During this downward movement the pawl 49 is clear of the ratchet wheel 47, but when the ribbons have been fully wound off the roller 20 on to the roller 21 the ratchet wheel of 21 offers such resistance to the pawl 50 on its next upward movement that the nipple 53- recedes from the recess 55 and the block 51 remains stationary during the upward movement of the plate 35, until it enters the lower recess 56. On the next downward movement of the plate 35 the block 51 is moved down sutficiently to engage with the ratchet wheel 47. This operation is continued until the ribbons have been-wound off the roller 21 on to the roller 20 when the pawl 49 is arrested by the ratchet 4:7 and on the continued downward movement ofthe plate 35 the nipple is again brought into the recess 55 and the above operation is repeated. Spring washers 71, Fig. 3, may be provided on the spindles of the rollers 20, 21, to prevent overrunning.

When the printing disks 10, 11, 12, are raised by the eccentrics 15, they strike the lower strip p and this as well as the upper strip and the ribbonl6 is pressed sharply together and against the pad so that both strips are printed simultaneously.

The strip now bears the consecutive number, porters number and date ready for the next receipt.

The strips 0 and p are fed forward by the first half revolution of the handle and wheel to while the teeth of the latter engage with those of the pinion m. The part of the upper strip 0 stamped with the consecutive number, porters number and date and also the matter written thereon by the porter, passes through an upper guide slot 31, Figs. 4: and 5, in a plate 32 to the delivery slot 33 in the cover a. The part of the lower strip 2) bearing a duplicate record passes through a lower guide slot 131 in the plate 32 into the duplicate box n, or if a removable box 200 is used as shown in Figs. 3 and 4: the lower strip p passes through the guide slot 131, guide 203, and slot 202, into the .box 200. It will be understood that when the porter writes through the window he makes his entries on a strip which has not only been printed previously by the printing roller 6, but has also been printed by the disks 10, 11, 12, so that when he turns the operating handle the portions of strip on which he has written are fed, one out through the slot 33, and the other into the duplicate box n. The feeding of the strips is succeeded by the printing by the disks of the strips ready for the next check, and simultaneously with this a knife 34 is raised to cut off the portions of strip delivered. The knife 34: is operated by plates 35 carried by the shaft 13, the plates- 35 having projections 36 passing through slots in the plate 32 and engaging with the knife. One portion of strip or check is thus free to be handed to the consignee while the other drops into the duplicate box a.

The knife 34: is held up to the plate 32 by springs 60, Fig. 4:, or by any other suitable arrangement of springs. The plates 35 are slotted to ride on the shaft 11., so that they do not tend to tilt the knife but are guided correctly up and down.

At the end of his round the porter gives up his apparatus and the duplicate checks are removed. If a removable box 200 is used this is removed in the locked condition and another inserted in its place, the removed box being sent to the proper department for the checks to be removed. In order to prevent over turning of the operating handle its boss is provided with a suitable stop, for instance it may be formed with a helical groove 3'7, in which a shoe 10 slides, the shoe being carried by a spring arm 39. A gap 38, Fig. 10, is formed in the groove 37 on one side. When the handle has been turned sharply by the porter, through a complete revolution, the shoe abuts against the end of the groove and arrests it as seen in t Fig. 10. A slight backward movement of the handle then brings the shoe opposite to the gap 38 whereupon it is moved by the spring arm through the gap into the first part of the groove as seen in Fig. 3, and will permit of another turn of the handle. The above arrangement also prevents backward turning of the handle.

The handle may be hinged as for instance at 61, so that it can be folded as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the casing having a1} opening (52 to receive the knob.

I claim 1. A portable autographic recorder comprising in combination a casing convenient for carriage in the hand and having a slot therein, rolls of paper strip rotatably mounted in said casing parallel to one another, means, comprising preliminary printing rollers, for intermittently feeding the strips from said rolls beneath the aforesaid slot, 21 writing table beneath said slot for facilitating autographic entries on the upper of said strips, secondary printing mechanism for printing changeable data on the lower of said strips while stationary on said table, ink ribbons for enabling the autographic entries and secondary printing to be effected in manifold, means for severing said strips,

a receptacle within the casing for receiving the severed portions of the lower strip, and means for guiding the severed portions of the upper strip outside the casing, substantially'as hereinbcfore set forth.

2. A portable autographic recorder comprising in combination a casing convenient for carriage in the hand and having a slot therein, rolls of paper strip rotatably mounted in said casing parallel to one another, said rolls having spool axles, a hinged cover on the casing, plates in said casing having recesses for receiving the said spool axles, plates on said cover adapted to co-act with the aforesaid plates, means, comprising preliminary printing rollers, for intermittently feeding the strips from said rolls beneath the'aforesaid slot, a Writing table beneath said slot for facilitating autographic entries on the upper of said strips, secondary printing mechanism for printing changeable data on the lower of said strips While stationary on said table, ink ribbons for enabling the autographic entries and secondary printing to be efi'ected in manifold, means for severing said strips, a receptacle within the casing for receiving the severed portions of the lower strip, and means for guiding the severed portions of the upper strip outside the casing, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

3. A portable autographic recorder comprising a casing convenient for carriage in the hand, means for feeding paper strips, preliminary printing mechanism, means for permitting autographic entries on one of said strips, secondary printing mechanism for printing on one of said strips with changeable data and comprising a number of printing disks, a common shaft for said disks, means for moving said shaft relatively to said strips, ink ribbons for enabling the autographic entries and secondary printing to be effected in manifold, and a hinged frame fitted with rollers for carrying said ribbons, said frame being adapted to be moved about its hinge to permit of access to the said secondary printing mechanism, and means for intermittently feeding said ribbons around the rollers on said frame, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

fl. A portable autographic recorder of the character described comprising a casing of elongated form, and containing Within it, means for supporting rolls of paper strip parallel to one another, rollers for feeding and preliminarily printing said strips from said rolls, and means for permitting autographic entries, secondary printing mechanism for printing changeable matter, cutting mechanism, and a receptacle for severed strip, said means and mechanism being situated substantially in consecutive order, an operating handle on the outside of said casing, and means operatively connecting said handle to the aforesaid feeding rollers, preliminary and secondary printing mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

5. In a portable autographic recorder of the character described comprising a casing adapted to be held in the hand and containing means for feeding a plurality of parallel superposed paper strips, preliminary printing means for printing on one of the uppermost of said strips, secondary printing mechanism for printing on the lowermost of said strips, means for permitting autographic entries on the uppermost of said strips, means for duplicating said entries and secondary printing on the strips not directly receiving said autographic entries or secondary printing, means for severing the strips, means for guiding the severed portions of the uppermost strip outside the casing,- a removable receptacle inside the casing, and means for guiding the severed portions of the lower strips into said receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY BUCHANAN.

Witnesses:

A. W. MA'rHYs, HELEN MA'rI-iYs.

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